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 Charles 'Chuck' Eckert
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[October
21, 2011]
LINCOLN --
Charles E. "Chuck" Eckert, 92, of Lincoln, died Oct. 20, 2011, at
6:10 p.m. at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Visitation will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
His funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at
Holy Family Church, with the Rev. Jeffrey Laible
officiating.
Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart.
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Mr. Eckert was a retired manager of Armour as
well as a retired truck driver and bailiff at the
Logan County Courthouse.
He was in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 during
World War II and served in Italy.
He was born on Jan. 20, 1919, in Lincoln. His
parents were Fred and Alice Gossman Eckert. He
married Lucille Donaldson on July 6, 1940, in
Elkhart.
He is survived by his wife, in Lincoln; his
children, Jon (and Carol) Eckert of Marion, David
(and Beth) Eckert of Waukegan, Sherry (and Dave)
Carder of Phoenix, Ariz., and Diane (and Howard)
Sheley of Lincoln; grandchildren Brent Eckert of
Marion, Michael (and Amy) Eckert of Marion, Tracy
(and Jayson) Brandt of Lombard, Chris (and Erin)
Eckert of Waukegan, Amy (and Jim) Rossini of Lake
Villa, Leigh (and Rob) Mozina of Antioch, Hal Carder
of Radcliff, Ky., and Shanda (and Bryan) O'Donnell
of Tracy, Calif.; 13 great-grandchildren; four
brothers, Earl, Harold, Donald and Dallas Eckert;
one sister, Marguerite LaValle; and one grandson,
Nashua Sheley. |
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